From: "Ron Paul" Subject: Deliver a little political payback, Eric?
Sent date: 10/12/2014 06:08:57 PM
Dear Eric,
NSA spying. The out-of-control IRS. ObamaCare. Mounting federal debt.
With the November elections rapidly approaching, these issues and more are all at the forefront of the American people’s minds.
They’re all BIG reasons why President Obama’s approval numbers are in the basement - and why many political experts are saying Senator Harry Reid could lose his U.S. Senate majority in November.
And with your IMMEDIATE action today, my hope is that you and I can finally deliver a little political PAYBACK.
You see, Eric, a bipartisan majority in the United States House just passed Audit the Fed (H.R. 24) for the second time in as many Congresses – and by even more votes than in 2012!
But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is still standing in the way and has long REFUSED to allow so much as a vote on this critical legislation.
[Editor's Note: We don't NEED any "critical" legislation ... I think we NEED the repeal of 50% of existing bogus legislation along with related enforcing regulations. Most legislation today proclaims a government ripoff of taxpayers. We don't NEED more government, WE NEED MUCH LESS!!! The Legislative-Executive-Judicial Cabal posing as the guardian of Liberty in our Constitutional Republic has failed miserably and intentionally!!!]
This time - with your support - I believe Senator Harry Reid might not get away with it without paying a HUGE price.
The fact is November 4 is right around the corner.
For months now, Campaign for Liberty staff has been surveying candidates to find out their true positions on critical liberty issues such as Audit the Fed.
We’ve researched everything from voting records to public statements to political “connections.”
Now, my goal is to EXPOSE the statists like never before on a wide range of Big Government issues. But candidates’ positions on Audit the Fed will be the centerpiece.
With polls showing that nearly 75% of the American people support auditing the Fed, that could very well be Senator Harry Reid's worst political nightmare.
Why are Senator Reid and his cronies covering up for the Fed - allowing its full-frontal assault on the American dollar to continue?
Why won’t the statists in the U.S. Senate bring the Federal Reserve kicking and screaming out of the shadows and enforce some accountability?
You and I know the reason.
It’s because the Fed is the linchpin that holds together the welfare/warfare state the statists in BOTH parties have created.
And the LAST thing they want the American people to understand is that the Federal Reserve System leads to:
*** Ever-expanding Big Government boondoggles like “ObamaCare.”
Now that politicians have figured out the Fed will just print money out of thin air to pay the bills if taxing and borrowing can’t make ends meet, the floodgates are wide open for even more of the statists’ utopian plans;
*** Constant economic crises.
The housing crisis and the resulting chaos is just one example of an economic bubble created by centrally planned interest rates and money manipulation;
*** The destruction of the middle class.
As fuel, food, housing, medical care, and education costs soar, everyone who is NOT on the government dole is forced to make do with less as the value of their money sinks;
*** Currency destruction.
History shows us that riots, violence, and full-scale police states can result when people finally realize their money isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on and REFUSE to accept it.
The good news is patriotic folks like you understand the stakes.
Now, more and more Americans are beginning to recognize the iron grip the Fed secretly exerts on our entire economy.
But despite tens of thousands of petitions, phone calls, emails, and more from the American people, Senator Harry Reid has flat-out REFUSED to allow so much as a vote on Audit the Fed.
It’s time to tell the American people about it.
It’s time to EXPOSE the statists and ensure that NO candidate running for the U.S. House or Senate can get away with sweeping his or her views on Audit the Fed under the rug.
As I mentioned, nearly 75% of the American people support auditing the Fed.
Once exposed, the American people will ensure that those candidates who defend the Fed and the Big Government leviathan it’s spawned pay a BIG price at the polls.
No messages resonate in Washington, D.C. like those the voters send at the ballot box.
That’s why this might be the most important moment in our fight to Audit the Fed yet.
So I must ask for your most generous support to help Campaign for Liberty put our massive Candidate Survey Program plan into action, including:
>>>A flood of emails into targeted districts and states reporting on candidates’ voting records, public statements, and survey responses – especially on Audit the Fed;
>>>Two rounds of mail in the most competitive districts where you and I have true liberty heroes running - such as Congressman Justin Amash (R) in Michigan and Clint Didier (R) in Washington State;
>>>Internet ads in key U.S. Senate races EXPOSING every candidate who REFUSES to pledge 100% support for auditing the Fed;
>>>Hard-hitting TV ads - if I can raise the resources - to ensure Audit the Fed becomes a top issue in all the most hotly contested U.S. Senate races.
I know that’s a lot. But you and I have already done the incredible.
Monetary issues were barely even on the American people’s radar screen for nearly 100 years until you and I brought it to the forefront of the American political landscape just six years ago.
Now, thanks to your action, we’ve passed Audit the Fed through the U.S. House twice! Today, I’m asking you to help me take the next step.
Please make your most generous contribution immediately.
For Liberty,
Ron Paul
Chairman
P.S. Audit the Fed just passed the U.S. House again, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has long been stonewalling you and me by REFUSING to allow a vote in the Senate!
The bad news for him is that the November elections are rapidly approaching, and nearly 75% of the American people support auditing the Federal Reserve!
That’s why it’s up to you and me to EXPOSE every candidate who refuses to pledge 100% support for a full Federal Reserve audit using everything from mail and email to Internet and TV ads, if C4L can raise the resources!
My staff is ready, but I’m counting on you to help me put our plan into action.
Because of Campaign For Liberty's tax-exempt status under IRC Sec. 501(C)(4) and its state and federal legislative activities, contributions are not tax deductible as charitable contributions (IRC § 170) or as business deductions (IRC § 162(e)(1)).
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the IRS to detail under oath how some of former agency official Lois Lerner’s emails went missing, as well as any potential methods for recovering them.
Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court in Washington gave the Internal Revenue Service exactly a month — until Aug. 10 — to file a report, which he demanded as part of a lawsuit from a conservative watchdog, Judicial Watch, against the agency.
Judicial Watch is seeking a wide range of documents from the IRS, including Lerner’s emails, as part of a Freedom of Information Act request. It has complained that the IRS didn’t tell it that the agency couldn’t recover all of Lerner’s emails from 2009 to 2011.
Sullivan cast his ruling as a compromise, and a potential way for Judicial Watch to get answers without the court wading any deeper into the matter. Judicial Watch had asked the court to potentially compel IRS officials to testify about the lost emails, through a process called limited discovery.
The FairTax is a consumption tax unilaterally applied to all Americans at the same rate. For businesses, payroll taxes would no longer exist. Our exports would include a heavy tax for overseas buyers purchasing our products, while our imports would be cheaper for us to purchase. I'm not sure how this would affect GDP, as more information is necessary.
According to the FairTax website, "Under the FairTax, every person living in the United States pays a sales tax on purchases of new goods and services, excluding necessities due to the prebate." The prebate gives every legal resident household an "advance refund" at the beginning of each month so that purchases made up to the poverty level are tax-free.
So a family of four making something like $50,000/year should not have to pay taxes, thus preventing an unfair burden on low-income families. Since the FairTax eliminates both federal and payroll taxes, you get to keep your gross pay amount of each paycheck earned.
